🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いぃしん・ゆぃしん・ゐしん【維新】 : yishin | define meaning

yishin

Pronunciation: [jiɕiŋ̍]

Definition

Noun

Reform; reformation; restoration
Meiji Restoration; Meiji-era reforms

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese いしん【維新】 ishin "reform, reformation".

Historical Ryukyuan attestations

沖縄語典 Okinawa goten (Okinawan language dictionary) (1896), by Masayo Nakamoto, records "「ゐしん」維新（ヰシン）、万事新規ニナルヿ今多ク明治ノ大改革ヲ云フ".

Spelling

Orthography	Form
Kanji	維新
Kana	いぃしんゆぃしんゐしん
New Okinawa Moji	杖しん
Romanization	yishin
Pronunciation (IPA)	[jiɕiŋ̍]

意味：いしん【維新】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, June 15). いぃしん・ゆぃしん・ゐしん【維新】 : yishin | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/7218/yishin/.